Hi Wiki Yorkers,
You are invited to join the Wikimedia NYC community for our inaugural
evening "WikiWednesday" salon and knowledge-sharing workshop at Babycastles
gallery by 14th Street / Union Square in Manhattan.
We also hope for the participation of our friends from the Free Culture
movement and from educational and cultural institutions interested in
developing free knowledge projects. We will also follow up on plans for
recent and upcoming editathons, and other outreach activities.
After the main meeting, pizza and refreshments and video games in the
gallery!
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Details:
WikiWednesday Salon and Skill-Share NYC
7:00pm - 9:00 pm, April 29 @ Babycastles, 137 West 14th Street
Agenda and RSVP on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
(RSVP on meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/ )
Featuring a keynote talk this month on Lady Librarians & Feminist
Epistemologies!
We especially encourage folks to add your 5-minute lightning talks to our
roster, and otherwise join in the "open space" experience! Newcomers are
very welcome! Bring your friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
Pharos
Wikimedia NYC
Dear Friends, New York City Wikimedians,
I want to thank you all so much for your support of my role as
Wikipedian-in-Residence
at the Metropolitan New York Library Council
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/METRO>, and the many events
we’ve organized together since I first took the position in August, 2013.
With the support of Wikimedia NYC, other institutional collaborators, and
all of you, we’ve hosted around 15 public Edit-a-thons at places like the
New York Public Library branches, the Queens Library Central, the Center
for Jewish History, the Guggenheim Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the
MoMA Education Deparment, and have encouraged an ethic of sharing in many
New York institutions. I’ve also personally given around 20 staff trainings
on Wikipedia editing to institutional staff, and hosted several more
specialty events at the METRO office on 11th Street. Images of some of the
events METRO has co-organized are available
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Metropolitan_New_York_Library_C…>
in Wikimedia Commons.
While I’ve had a wonderful go as Wikipedian-in-Residence, all good things
eventually come to a close. As you may know, I will be leaving my position
shortly to pursue other opportunities for growth and learning, starting on
April 2nd, 2015.
METRO and I have been discussing opportunities for METRO to continue
collaborating with Wikipedia and library-specific Open Knowledge and Open
Data projects to support our institutional members
<http://metro.org/corporatememberships/applications/search/>. I have made
sure to put my supervisor in touch with staff at the Wikipedia Library and
the Wiki Education Foundation, as well as members of WMF Grants and the
larger Wikipedia community, and I’m working to ensure that there is a
referral process in place so that if METRO members have questions about
Wikipedia, they know to contact WMNYC or other groups that will respond.
But METRO is also in a time of transition, after Jason Kuscma left his spot
as Executive Director, we are currently in an interm period, and things are
somewhat on hold until someone new is hired so it is yet to be determined
whether METRO will create an Open Data / WiR position or expand its open
initiatives in other ways. As you may have heard, METRO received a grant
from the Knight Foundation for its Culture in Transit project
<http://www.knightfoundation.org/grants/201550377/>, and is embarking on a
large-scale initiative to scan and digitize print materials for public
archiving. From being immersed in the culture here at METRO I can say with
confidence and pride that whatever comes next, openness will be a big part
of their considerations in their digital projects.
Going forward, if you need to get in contact with me, the best address in
the future will be my personal e-mail: <dorohoward(a)gmail.com>, and you can
always find me on Twitter @DorothyR_Howard
<https://twitter.com/DorothyR_Howard>. But proverbially speaking, I’m not
going anywhere- and will one way or another continue to take part in New
York Wikipedia and Open-GLAM initiatives.
Please let me know if you have any questions about this transition, and
thanks for your continual support.
All the best,
Dorothy Howard
--
Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
'Wikipedia Day NYC 2015' is a celebration and mini-conference for the
project's 14th birthday, to be held on Sunday March 22, 2015, hosted at
Barnard College, and also supported by Wikimedia New York City and fellow
Free Culture Alliance NYC partners.
You can register for the Wiki-Conference here:
http://bit.ly/wikidaybarnard
See full event details and schedule (and add your own lightning talk!) at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wikipedia_Day_2015
And bring your interested friends and colleagues!
Thanks,
Richard Knipel
(User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC
Thank you all for coming out to the amazing #BlackLivesMatter Wikipedia
Edit-a-thon last week, Saturday February 7th, 2015
I've published an initial re-cap in this month in GLAM:
https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/January_2015/Contents/U…
And we've started a Commons category with many images from the event (any
many donated by the Schomburg photographer!) here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Schomburg_Center_Black_Lives_Ma…
Please add to the Commons category with any images you took of the event,
and watch out for an upcoming post on the event in the Wikimedia blog!
Cheers,
Dorothy
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Hi All,
We are gearing up for the February 7th #BlackLivesMatter Wikipedia
Edit-a-thon
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black_Life_Matters_Edita…>
this 12noon-5pm this Saturday February 7th at the NYPL Schomburg Center for
Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY (organized by NYPL
<http://www.nypl.org/locations/schomburg>, METRO
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/METRO>, Wikimedia NYC
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City>), as well as the
AfroCROWD Editathon
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/AFROcroWd_and_Interglider.ORG/Ou…>
(Afro Free Culture Crowdsourcing Wikimedia) at the Brooklyn Public Library
Central on Feb 7th and 8th (organized by Alice Backer, Milos Rancic,
Wikimedia NYC).
In addition to having a big community response at the Schomburg we have had
enough enthusiasm so that there are Black History Month Edit-a-thons being
planned by other organizers in Nashville
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Nashville/Our_Story_Matters_…>,
Westchester County
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Westchester_County/Black_Lif…>
(SUNY Purchase), and in Washington D.C. (note: we will be running a Google
Hangouts on Air/Youtube livestream with simultaneous events on February
7th). Richard Knipel has generously created a general launching page for
all Black History Month events at Wikipedia:Black WikiHistory Month
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Black_WikiHistory_Month>, and
there has already been some exciting and overwhelming press coverage by
major media outlets, Black History Month special reports, and Twitter (!),
which I will be documenting on Wiki
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Black_WikiHistory_Month#Press>.
If you are a Wikipedian and plan to attend any of these events, please sign
up on the Event page(s) so we can have an estimate of facilitators we will
have on hand (though you are welcome to sign up as a participant but just
plan to do your own editing thing rather than help do training, as you
wish!)
*I can’t emphasize enough how thankful we are to have volunteer Wikipedians
attend these events, participate remotely, and take interest in the
multicultural gaps in Wikipedia. You all inspire me and the spirit of your
labor has attracted global attention to Black History and to the
socio/political import of Wikipedia! *
*One final note: we are collectively looking for experienced Wikipedians
in the SUNY Purchase/ Westchester area that might be able to help out at
the SUNY Purchase event scheduled for Saturday February 7th. Please email
me if you are in that area, and would like to help out! *
Let me know if there are any further questions.
All the best,
Kindest regards,
Dorothy Howard
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Dorothy Howard, Wikipedian-in-Residence and Open Data Fellow
Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
212.228.2320 x127
Hi NYC Wiki-interested folks,
You're invited to help us improve Wikipedia articles on Black history and
culture- new contributors and voices are especially encouraged to join!
Event: 'Black Life Matters' Wikipedia Edit-a-thon @ NYPL Schomburg Center
for Research in Black Culture
Date: Saturday February 7th, 2015
Address: 515 Malcolm X Boulevard (Lenox Avenue) between West 135th and
136th Streets, Harlem, New York
Time: 12 noon-4:30/5:00pm
The Wikipedia training and Edit-a-thon will take place in the Aaron Douglas
Reading Room of the Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division,
with a following reception in the Langston Hughes lobby on the first floor
of the building.
In addition to new people, we also need some volunteers to help with
hands-on training during the event!
***
For details, see our edit-a-thon page on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Black_Life_Matters_Edita…
And please sign up on eventbrite as well:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-life-matters-wikipedia-edit-a-thon-ticke…
***
And for those around Brooklyn, check out sister event AfroCROWD @ Brooklyn
Public Library on Saturday and Sunday, part of our shared "Black
WikiHistory Month Weekend".
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
Join us in Brooklyn's DUMBO on Sunday Dec 14, for a joint exploration of
the exciting new Wikidata project!
Together we'll explore this project together, by playing the "Wikidata
Game" and other escapades.
(Following popular demand at the last meetup!)
-Location:: BLIP Outpost (room 321). 55 Washington Street, DUMBO
neighborhood, downtown Brooklyn
-Date and Time: Sunday December 14, 1-5pm
Sign up here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYChttp://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/219129536/
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City
*Dear New York City Wikimedians and Free Culture Supporters, *
It is with great enthusiasm that I invite you to join us at the next *Wikimedia
NYC <http://nyc.wikimedia.org/wiki/Home> Skillshare/Meetup* on *December
4th, 2014* from *6:30-8pm *at Babycastles, a co-working space and gallery
in a great location, at *137 W. 14th St. *in Manhattan, just off Union
Square. (We have the space 6-8pm if you want to come early).
Afterwards, we will walk to a social wiki-dinner together somewhere TBA
nearby.
*The agenda for the Meetup includes:*
- *Local Wikipedia free culture projects and announcements *
- *Past, present, and future institutional partnerships with Wikipedia*
- *Recent image donations to Wikipedia*
- *WikiConference USA reporting and lessons learned*
- *Chapter planning and chapter roles*
- *WMNYC financial reporting*
- *Edit-a-thons past, present, future + metrics*
- *Spring 2015 Education Program classes*
- *Art+Feminism Campaign (March, 2014 )*
We will plan to reserve at least 30 minutes during the meetup for a
*Skillshare*, open to *anyone* who wants to present on a project or idea,
or start a roundtable discussion to share their ideas with the rest of the
group. For example- I'd love to see someone present on WikiData and
WikiData projects if anyone has knowledge on that subject!
Please RSVP on the Wikipedia page here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/December_2014 and let me
know if you have any more questions or agenda items to add, leading up to
the meeting. I’ve attached a few pictures of the space for your reference.
It has fast wi-fi, at least 50 chairs for all of us, and should be quite
comfortable.
I look forward to seeing all of you very soon.
Best wishes,
*Dorothy Howard *
* User: OR drohowa*
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http://nyc.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homehttps://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City
You are invited to join us at the 'Wiki-Salon and Skill Share', a community
event of knowledge-sharing for those of all levels of experience with
Wikipedia, on Sunday August 17 on the Upper West Side.
The main meeting runs from 2-5pm, and afterward we'll walk to a social
wiki-dinner together at a neighborhood restaurant
We welcome all interest from the education, museum and library, and
nonprofit worlds, and from everyone in any community interested in building
a bigger, broader and better Wikipedia.
For those in education, this can be a good way to kick off the Fall
wiki-semester! We'll be glad to help advise/assist with any course project.
For those who experienced our old community meetings at Columbia
University, the Wiki-Salon is an effort to get back to that style of
broad-ranging community discussion.
---Location---
Yeoryia Studios at Epic Security Building, 2067 Broadway, 5th Floor
Between West 71st & West 72nd Streets, above Gigi Cafe, near Trader Joe's
By 72nd Street station (1,2,3 subway lines)
---Sign up and more info---
Our page on Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
Our page on Meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/WikimediaNYC/events/198921032/
You can officially 'sign up' at either of these pages, and please add your
ideas to the agenda!
I'll also be glad to answer any question you may have about the Wiki Salon.
Thanks,
Richard (User:Pharos)
Wikimedia NYC Chapter
You are invited to join us the "picnic anyone can edit" in Central Park, on
Sunday July 6 afternoon as part of the Great American Wiknic celebrations
being held across the USA.
Remember it's a wiki-picnic, which means potluck.
*Sunday July 6 WikNYC Picnic
1pm–8pm at southwest section of the Great Lawn, north of the Delacorte
Theater.
Sign up and details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC
Also, before the picnic, you can join in the Wikimedia NYC chapter's annual
meeting in the morning, from 11:30am-12:30pm at Yeoryia Studios, 2067
Broadway.
We hope to see you there!
Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)